• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – Sea Chanty. circa. 1880’s
• Key: E Flat Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: through composed
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta/ ti ti ti | ti ta/ (ta) ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a/ ti ti ti | ti ta/ (ta) ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a/a/ ti | ti ta/a/ ta | syncopation
• Pitches: intermediate: so do re mi fa so la ti do
• Intervals: intermediate: so/do (P4), so8/do8(P4), so\mi/so (m3), la\mi (P4), mi\do (m3), do/mi/la ascending submediant arpeggio (vi, Em) so\do (P5)
• Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest (quarter); pickup beat, tied notes, vocal slur, note: the prominent use of minor thirds, perfect fourths, and a minor arpeggio, give the tune a minor (sad) feeling
• Key Words: USA history, USA geography: Missouri, Missouri River; sea chanty, rolling river, bound away, daughter, rover, deceive; contractions: we’re (we are), I’ll (I will); abbreviation: ‘cross (across)
• Recorder: intermediate: syncopation, ascending submediant arpeggio (vi, Em)

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